Career Summary
Broad experience in all areas of Intellectual Property with particular emphasis in patent litigation, licensing and client counseling. Forty years in private practice including Assistant Chair of IP Division and Head of IP Litigation at Lathrop & Gage, Director of Intellectual Property Law and IP Litigation at Dykema Gossett, and managing partner at Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione. Also served as Division Patent Counsel for Abbott Laboratories. Has been a mediator in patent litigation cases, an expert witness, and Director of the Intellectual Property Clinic at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. Teaching experience as an adjunct professor and lecturer at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law; Indiana University; University of Illinois College of Law; Oxford University, UK; and the University of Victoria, Canada, teaching classes in Patent Litigation, IP Law, Patent Law, and Clinical IP Practices. Currently a Designated Campus Colleague at the James E. Rogers College of Law, and Adjunct Professor with the Intellectual Property Clinic at Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
Accomplishments
- Participated in and tried cases in Federal District Courts throughout the United States and have argued before Federal and State courts of appeal including the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
- Prepared and presented the damages portion of a patent infringement action before a jury obtaining a record setting $102 million damages verdict and a judgment, including punitive damages and interest, of $165 million.
- Chaired committee responsible for drafting Local Patent Rules for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Experience as a mediator, arbitrator, and expert witness.
- Extensively published, lectured and taught classes relating to patents and patent litigation.
Law Firm and Corporate Practice
| Lathrop & Gage (Partner) (Asst. Divn. Chair of National IP Division, Head of IP Litigation) | 2013-2017 |
| Dykema Gossett PLLC (Partner) (Director of National IP and IP Litigation Dept.) | 2005-2013 |
| Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione (shareholder) (COO/managing partner 1996-1999) | 1987-2005 |
| Abbott Laboratories (Division Patent Counsel) | 1984-1987 |
| Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson (associate, partner) | 1976-1984 |
| Sunbeam Corporation (law clerk, patent agent) | 1973-1976 |
Education
Loyola University, School of Law, Chicago, IL, J.D., 1977
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, M.S.E., 1972
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL, B.S.A.A.E. w/Honors, 1970
Admitted to Practice
Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Honors / Recognitions
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
- Named an Illinois Leading Lawyer by the Leading Lawyers Network
- Named an Illinois Super Lawyer for Intellectual Property Litigation by Law & Politics
- Named one of the Leading American Attorneys in the area of intellectual property and computer law by the American Research Corporation
- Listed in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
- Listed in Who’s Who in American Law
- Listed in Who’s Who in America
- Listed in Who’s Who in the World